Paediatric Dietitian for Children 0–18
From first foods to the teenage years — calm, structured nutritional support for children, and for the families around them.
Supporting healthy growth, development and lifelong eating habits.
We provide specialist paediatric dietetic care informed by the science of both nutrition and feeding development.
Philosophy
Children do not simply need nutrients — they need the skills, experiences and confidence to eat well throughout life.
Dr Bujtor’s philosophy recognises that eating is influenced by far more than food alone. Physical health, development, sensory processing, medical conditions, family life, emotions and the environment all shape how children eat. Understanding the whole child allows care to be practical, compassionate and evidence-based.
What is Paediatric Dietetics?
Paediatric dietetics is the assessment and management of nutrition, growth and feeding from infancy through adolescence.
Whether supporting healthy growth, managing a medical condition, addressing feeding difficulties or improving nutritional adequacy, paediatric dietitians use the best available scientific evidence to help children meet their nutritional needs while supporting long-term health and development.
No two children are the same, which is why every assessment and treatment plan is tailored to the individual child, their family and their stage of development.
Approach
Nutrition is only one part of the picture. Children also develop how they eat — feeding skills, oral-motor abilities, sensory processing, appetite regulation, communication, emotional development and life experiences all influence eating across childhood.
By combining evidence-based dietetics with an understanding of feeding development, Dr Bujtor looks beyond nutrients alone. This helps identify why difficulties may be occurring, address contributing factors where possible, and develop practical strategies that support growth, positive eating experiences and longer-term wellbeing.
Support, at every stage.
- Feeding difficulties, fussy and selective eating, ARFID and eating disorders
- Infant feeding, introducing solids and feeding development
- Growth, weight and nutritional concerns
- Neurodiversity, ADHD and nutrition
- Digestive health, constipation, reflux and gastrointestinal conditions
- Food allergies, intolerances and coeliac disease
- Nutrient deficiencies and nutritional adequacy
- Vegetarian, vegan and other specialised diets
- Nutrition for active children and adolescents
- Tube feeding and enteral nutrition
- Nutrition alongside chronic health conditions and complex medical needs
- Adolescent nutrition, including PCOS and endometriosis
Three stages,
one continuous thread.
The foundations.
The early years bring rapid changes in growth, nutrition and feeding development. From milk feeding and first foods to growth concerns, allergies, gastrointestinal symptoms and emerging feeding difficulties, specialist support can help when things don’t develop quite as expected.
- Breastfeeding, bottle feeding and combination feeding
- Introducing solids and progressing through textures
- Growth, weight and nutritional adequacy
- Faltering growth and poor weight gain
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Reflux and gastrointestinal symptoms
- Constipation
- Nutrient deficiencies and supplementation
- Vegetarian and vegan diets
- Feeding skill and developmental concerns
- Selective eating and emerging feeding difficulties
- Difficulties transitioning between foods, textures or stages of feeding
Growing and developing.
Childhood brings changing nutritional needs alongside continued feeding development. Support may be needed for growth, nutritional adequacy, gastrointestinal or medical conditions, or when eating itself becomes difficult.
- Fussy or selective eating and a small range of accepted foods
- Feeding difficulties and ARFID
- Growth, weight and nutritional adequacy
- Nutrient deficiencies and supplementation
- Neurodivergence, sensory differences and eating
- Constipation, reflux and gastrointestinal conditions
- Food allergies, intolerances and coeliac disease
- Vegetarian, vegan and specialised diets
- Nutrition for sport and active children
- Nutrition alongside chronic or complex health conditions
Towards independence.
Adolescence brings rapid growth, hormonal change and increasing independence around food. Nutrition can also become more complex during these years, particularly alongside sport, neurodivergence, gastrointestinal or hormonal conditions, and difficulties with eating.
- Growth, weight and nutritional adequacy
- Eating disorders, disordered eating and ARFID
- Selective eating and feeding difficulties
- Neurodivergence, ADHD, appetite and nutrition
- Sports nutrition, training, recovery and performance
- Puberty, menstruation and increased nutritional requirements
- PCOS, endometriosis and adolescent hormonal health
- Gastrointestinal conditions, constipation and digestive symptoms
- Food allergies, intolerances and coeliac disease
- Nutrient deficiencies and supplementation
- Vegetarian, vegan and specialised diets
- Nutrition alongside chronic or complex health conditions
Who this service is for
This service provides specialist dietetic care for infants, children and young people from birth through adolescence. Families may seek support for nutrition, growth or feeding at any stage of childhood, whether for general guidance, a specific concern, an established medical or developmental condition, or more complex feeding difficulties.
Paediatric dietetic care can include assessment and support for nutritional intake and adequacy, growth, infant and child feeding, feeding development, gastrointestinal conditions, food allergy and intolerance, restricted or selective eating, neurodevelopmental differences, nutritional deficiencies and dietary management alongside medical conditions.
Some children will benefit from input from other professionals alongside dietetic care. Depending on the nature of the concern, this may include your GP, paediatrician, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, feeding team or other specialist service. Where appropriate, we will recommend further assessment or referral and work collaboratively with the professionals involved in your child’s care.
Dietetic assessment does not replace medical, developmental, swallowing or other specialist assessment where this is required. If there are concerns about a child’s medical health, growth, swallowing safety, development or another area that requires investigation beyond the scope of dietetic practice, we will advise you of the appropriate next steps.
Where a child requires a level of medical monitoring, multidisciplinary assessment or specialist treatment that cannot appropriately be provided within this service, we will recommend care through the appropriate NHS or specialist service.
You do not need a diagnosis or referral to seek support. If you are unsure whether paediatric dietetic care is the right starting point for your child, please get in touch and we can advise on the most appropriate next step.
Before you begin
Do I need a referral?+
No. Families and individuals are welcome to self-refer, and GPs, consultants and other clinicians are welcome to refer directly.
Are appointments in person or online?+
Both — in clinic at Springbank Clinic in Sevenoaks, or online tele-health across the UK.
What happens at the first appointment?+
The first appointment is about getting a clear understanding of your child and what has brought you to the clinic. We will talk through the concerns you have, explore the relevant aspects of their nutrition, growth, feeding, health and development, and consider together what support may be most helpful.
Can you write to my GP or consultant?+
Yes, with your consent. Where care is shared, a summary letter helps keep everyone working from the same picture.
Should my child come to the appointment?+
This is decided on a case-by-case basis and will depend on your child’s age and the reason for the appointment. In some circumstances, it is helpful for your child to attend; in others, we may recommend that the first appointment is parent or caregiver only.
A parent-only appointment provides space to talk openly about feeding, eating, development, behaviour or other concerns without having those conversations in front of your child. We can then decide together how and when to involve your child in a way that is appropriate for their age, needs and the support being provided.
Whatever brings you to the clinic, the first step is understanding what your child needs and how we can best support them.